ROT: Engineering proteins and materials for optics, sensing, and packaging

Tecnun will host another session of the Research Open Talks on Wednesday, November 4, at 12:30 p.m., featuring a presentation titled “ discussion paper ” by Juan Pablo Fuenzalida Werner, a Ramón y Cajal “ researcher ” at the School of Sciences ( School ) and the BIOMA Center at the University of Navarra.

Entitled “Engineering Proteins and Materials for Optics, Sensing, and Packaging,” the session will address the engineering of proteins and materials for applications related to optics, sensing, and packaging.

Juan Pablo Fuenzalida holds a degree in pharmacy from the University of Chile and a Ph.D. from the University of Münster (Germany). He has conducted his research at institutions such as Helmholtz Zentrum München and TUM Campus Straubing. His work focuses on protein engineering and spectroscopy, particularly fluorescent proteins, nanobodies, and polysaccharide-based systems. He has 39 scientific publications, more than 900 citations, and two patents pending.